786 


BANCROFT    LIBRARY 


sllMIMIME 

| 

1 

i 


GOVERNOR'S  MESSAGE 


ON    THE 


Colorado  River 
Compact 


AND 


Certified  Copy  of  the 
Colorado  River  Compact 


Kif?l?^^fii?iffI?ifyI?i^^r^ 


Bancroft  Library 

MR.  PRESIDENT,  MR.  SPEAKER,  MEMBERS  OF  THE 
SENATE  AND  HOUSE  OF  REPRESENTATIVES 
OF  THE  SIXTH  LEGISLATURE: 

In  laying  before  you  the  official  copy  of  the  compact 
between  the  States  of  Arizona,  California,  Colorado,  Nevada, 
New  Mexico,  Utah,  Wyoming  and  between  the  United  States 
of  America  respecting  the  use  and  distribution  of  the  water 
of  the  Colorado  River  and  the  rights  of  said  states  and  the 
United  States  thereto,  I  place  in  your  hands  the  future  des- 
tiny of  the  State  of  Arizona. 

In  the  negotiation  of  the  compact  the  State  of  Arizona  was 
represented  on  the  joint  commission  by  Mr.  W.  S.  Norviel, 
State  Water  Commissioner,  who  was  appointed  to  represent 
J  Arizona  by  Governor  Thomas  E.  Campbell,  acting  under  the 
authority  of  chapter  46,  Senate  Bill  64,  of  the  session  laws 
of  1921,  which  reads  as  follows: 


"AN  ACT 

Providing  for  the  appointment  of  a  Representative 
on  Behalf  of  the  State  of  Arizona  to  Negotiate  a 
Compact  and  Agreement  Between  the  States  of 
Arizona,  California,  Colorado,  Nevada,  New  Mex- 
ico, Utah  and  Wyoming,  and  Between  Said  States 
and  the  United  States  of  America  Respecting  the 
Use  and  Distribution  of  the  Waters  of  the  Colo- 
rado River  and  the  Rights  of  Said  States  and  the 
United  States  Thereto,  and  Making  an  Appropria- 
tion Therefor. 

BE  IT  ENACTED  BY  THE  LEGISLATURE   OF 
THE  STATE  OF  ARIZONA: 

Section  1.  The  Governor  of  Arizona  shall  appoint  the 
State  Water  Commissioner,  who  shall  serve  with- 
out additional  compensation,  as  the  representative 
of  the  State  of  Arizona,  who  shall  be  duly  author- 
ized to  represent  the  State  of  Arizona  on  a  joint 
Commission  to  be  composed  of  a  representative  of 
Arizona,  California,  Colorado,  Nevada,  New  Mex- 
ico, Utah  and  Wyoming,  and  a  duly  authorized  rep- 
resentative of  the  United  States  of  America,  such 
Commission  to  be  constituted  for  the  purpose  of 
negotiating  and  entering  into  a  compact  or  agree- 

F'7 


merit  between  the  said  Spates,  and  between  said 
States  and  the  United  States,  with  the  consent  of 
Congress,  respecing  the  further  utilization  and  dis- 
position of  the  waters  of  the  Colorado  River  and 
the  streams  tributary  thereto,  and  fixing  and  de- 
termining the  rights  of  the  said  States  and  the 
rights  of  the  United  States  in  and  to  the  us-e  and 
disposition  of  the  waters  of  said  stream  and  the 
benefits  to  be  derived  therefrom,  provided,  how- 
ever, that  any  compact  or  agreement  so  entered 
into  by  said  States  and  the  United  States  shall  not 
be  binding  or  obligatory  upon  any  of  the  high  con- 
tracting parties  thereto  unless  and  until  the  same 
shall  have  been  ratified  and  approved  by  the  Legis*- 
lature  of  the  said  States  and  by  the  Congress  of  the 
United  States. 

Section  2.  The  Governor  of  Arizona  shall  no- 
tify the  respective  Governors  of  the  States  of  Cali- 
fornia, Colorado,  Nevad,a,  New  Mexico,  Utah  and 
Wyoming,  of  the  appointment  of  the  representative 
of  Arizona  as  soon  as  said  representative  shall 
have  been  appointed  and  qualified,  but  said  repre- 
senative  shall  not  enter  upon  the  performance  of 
his  duties  until  a  representative  to  serve  upon  said 
^"+  Commission  shall  have  been  named  and  quali- 
fied for  each  of  the  said  States  named  in  Section  1 
hereof,  provided  however,  that  said  represetnative 
shall  proceed  immediately  after  the  passage  of 
this  Act  and  its  approval  by  the  Governor,  in  carry- 
ing out  the  provisions  of  Section  3  hereof  as  per- 
tains to  the  Colorado  River  within  the  boundaries 
of  the  State  of  Arizona,  and  that  the  securing  of 
the  necessary  data  and  information  called  for  by 
this  Act  shall  not  be  contingent  upon  appointment 
and  qualification  of  the  representatives  of  the  other 
States  concerned  or  the  representative  of  the 
United  States  of  America. 

Section  3.  Said  representative  of  the  State  of 
Arizona  shall  have  full  authority  to  make  or  cause 
to  be  made  any  and  all  investigations  of  the  Colo- 
rado River  and  the  drainage  area  thereof,  which 
may  become  necessary  in  order  to  sufficiently  ad- 
vise said  representative  of  the  physical  conditions 
obtaining  upon  said  stream  and  the  drainage  area 
thereof,  and  of  the  present  and  future  needs  of  the 
State  of  Arizona  and  its  citizens  in  the  use  and 


benefit  of  the  waters  of  said  stream.  To  that  end, 
said  representative  shall  have  authority  to  adminis- 
ter oaths,  examine  and  require  the  attendance  of 
witnesses,  and  to  perform  such  other  duties  and 
gather  such  data  as  may  be  necessary  to  suffi- 
ciently apprise  said  representative  of  the  facts  and 
furnish  him  writh  adequate  information  in  order 
that  he  may  properly  perform  his  duties  as  repre- 
sentative of  the  State  of  Arizona  upon  said  joint 
Commission. 

Section  4.  For  the  purpose  of  carrying  out 
the  provisions  of  this  Act,  including  the  payment 
of  an  equitable  portion  of  the  cost  and  expenses  of 
said  joint  Commission,  there  is  hereby  appropriated 
out  of  any  moneys  in  the  State  Treasury,  not  other- 
wise appropriated,  the  sum  of  Twenty-five  Thou- 
sand Dollars  (§25,000.00)  or  so  much  thereof  as 
may  be  necessary,  for  the  purposes-  herein  pro- 
vided. Said  appropriation  may  be  used  within  or 
without  the  State  of  Arizona.  The  said  representa- 
tive shall  employ  such  clerical  and  technical  assist- 
ants as  may  be  deemed  necessary  to  accomplish  the 
objects  of  this  Act.  The  compensation  of  the  nec- 
essary assistants,  together  with  all  traveling  ex- 
penses, and  all  other  costs,  charges  and  necessary 
expenditures  hereunder,  shall  be  paid  semimonthly 
upon  vouchers  approved  by  the  State  Water  Com- 
missioner and  warrants  drawn  for  the  payment 
thereof  by  the  State  Auditor  in  the  ordinary  man- 
ner upon  the  State  Treasurer. 

Section  5.  The  State  Legislature  finds,  deter- 
mines and  hereby  declares  that  this  Act  and  each 
and  every  sentence,  phrase  and  clause  thereof  is 
necessary  for  the  i  mmediate  preservation  of  the 
public  peace,  health  and  safety  of  the  State,  and 
that  an  emergency  is  hereby  declared  to  exist  and 
this  Act  shall  be  in  full  force  and  effect  from  and 
after  its  passage  and  approval  by  the  Governor, 
and  shall  be  exempt  from  the  operation  of  the 
referendum  provisions  of  the  State  Constitution  of 
the  State  of  Arizona. 

Section  6.  All  Acts  or  parts  of  Acts  in  con- 
flict with  the  provisions  of  this  Act  are  hereby  re- 
pealed. 

Approved  March  5th,  1921." 


Under  the  provisions  of  the  foregoing  law  the  duties  of 
the  Governor  are  solely  ministreail  and  the  compact,  if  it  is 
to  become  effective,  must  be  approved  by  the  Legislature. 

It  is  doubtful  if  any  other  question  will  ever  arise  in 
Arizona  which  will  mean  more  to  the  people  and  have  a 
greater  influence  on  the  development  of  the  State  than  your 
action  on  this  proposed  compact. 

As  a  citizene  of  Arizona,  and  as  Governor  of  the  State, 
I  adjure  you  to  study  its  provisions  carefully.  Your  deci- 
sion concerning  this  measure  will  be  scrutinized  and  studied 
by  the  present  generation  of  our  people  and  by  posterity. 

The  deplorable  lack  of  adequate  and  reliable  informa- 
tion in  connection  with  the  potential  acreage  in  Arizona 
which  might  be  irrigated  from  the  waters  of  the  Colorado 
River  adds  to  your  difficulty  in  determining  the  wisest  and 
best  course  for  Arizona  to  adopt  in  connection  with  the  pro- 
posed pact. 

A  survey  is  now  being  made  on  the  Colorado  River 
under  the  direction  of  the  United  States  Geological  Survey. 
In  a  letter  under  date  of  January  15th,  Mr.  Larue  informed 
me  that  his  report  would  not  be  ready  for  publication  before 
July  1st  of  this  year. 

"The  importance  of  this  question,  and  the  fact  that  the 
future  development  of  this  State  largely  depends  upon  the 
application  of  the  water  and  power  of  the  Colorado  River, 
suggests  the  necessity  of  the  Legislature  taking  such  time 
as  may  be  necessary  to  secure  accurate  and  adequate  infor- 
mation to  enable  you,  as  the  representatives  of  the  people 
of  Arizona,  to  act  wisely  upon  this  most  important  subject. 

I  desire  to  repeat  what  I  said  in  my  message  to  the 
Legislature  that  "this  subject  is  bigger  than  political  par- 
ties; it  is  bigger  than  statesmen;  it  is  bigger  than  any  man 
or  the  ambitions  of  any  man;  it  is  a  question  of  what  is  the 
best  thing  to  do  for  Arizona  and  the  States  of  the  Colorado 
Basin,  for  America,  and  for  the  peace  of  the  world." 

It  is  my  desire  to  be  helpful  to  you  as  the  representative 
of  the  people  of  Arizona  in  determining  the  best  course  for 
the  State  in  this  matter.  Such  information  as  I  have  been 
able  to  assemble  in  the  short  period  of  time  at  my  command 
is  available  for  your  use,  and  such  facilities  as  the  Gover- 
nor's office  may  possess  for  securing  additional  data  will 
be  placed  at  your  disposal. 

If  you  find  that  the  limited  information,  data  and  sta- 
tistics available  for  your  use  is  insufficient  to  justify  the 


State  of  Arizona  entering  into  this  compact  at  present,  I 
recommend  that  you  make  suitable  provisions  to  secure  the 
data  necessary  for  the  information  of  the  people  of  Arizona 
in  order  that  the  interest  of  our  State  may  be  conserved. 

Accompanying  this  message  I  herewith  place  in  your 
hands  a  certified  copy  of  the  Colorado  River  Compact  for 
such  action  as  you  may  deem  prudent.  Bancroft  Library 


STATE  OF  ARIZONA 
OFFICE  OF  THE  SECRETARY 

UNITED  STATES  OF  AMERICA,    ) 

)ss. 
STATE  OF  ARIZONA,          ) 

I,  JAMES  H.  KERBY,  Secretary  of  State,  do  hereby  certify  that 
the  within  is  a  true  correct  and  complete  transcrpit  of  the  "Colorado 
River  Compact,"  signed  November  24th,  1922,  at  the  City  of  Santa 
Fe,  New  Mexico,  and  filed  in  this  office  on  the  26th  day  of  December, 
1922,  all  of  which  is  shown  by  the  official  copy  on  file  in  this  De- 
partment. 

IN  WITNESS  WHEREOF,  I  have  hereunto  set  my  hand  and 
affixed  the  Great  Seal  of  Arizona  Done  at  Phoenix,  the  Capital,  this 
19th  day  of  January,  A.  D.  1923. 

(SEAL)  JAMES  H.  KERBY 

Secretary   of    State. 


No.  G037 
UNITED    STATES    OF    AMERICA 

(SEAL) 
DEPARTMENT   OF   STATE 

TO  ALL  WHOM  THESE  PRESENTS  SHALL  COME,  GREETING: 

I  CERTIFY  That  the  document  hereunto  annexed  is  a  true  copy 
from  the  original  in  the  archives  of  this  Department. 

(Colorado  River  Compact  signed  November  24th,  1922,  at  the 
City  of  Santa  Fe,  New  Mexico.) 

IN  TESTIMONY  WHEREOF,  I,  Charles  E.  Hughes  Secretary 
of  State,  have  hereunto  caused  the  Seal  of  the  Department  of  State 
to  be  affixed  and  my  name  subscribed  by  the  Chief  Clerk  of  the  said 
Department,  in  the  District  of  Columbia,  this  15th  day  of  December, 
1922. 

(Signed)      Charles  E.  Hughes 

Secretary  of  State. 

(SEAL)  (Signed)      By  Ben  G.  Davis 

Chief   Clerk. 


Colorado  River  Compact 

The  States  of  Arizona,  California,  Colorado,  Nevada,  New  Mexico, 
Utah  and  Wyoming,  having  resolved  to  enter  into  a  compact  under 
the  Act  of  the  Congress  of  the  United  States  of  America  approved  August 
19,  1921  (42  Statutes  at  Large,  Page  171)  and  the  Acts  of  the  Legis- 
latures of  the  said  States,  have  through  their  Governors  appointed  as 
their  Commissioners: 

W,    S.    Norviel for   the    State   of   Arizona 

W.  F.   McClure for  the   State  of  California 

Delph    E.    Carpenter for   the    State    of   Colorado 

J.  G.   Scrugham for  the   State  of  Nevada 

»  Stephen  B.  Davis,  Jr for  the  State  of  New  Mexico 
R.  E.  Caldwell for  the  State  of  Utah 
Frank  C.  Emerson for  the  State  of  Wyoming 

who,  after  negotiations  participated  in  by  Herbert  Hoover  appointed 
by  The  President  as  the  representative  of  the  United  States  of 
America,  have  agreed  upon  the  following  articles: 


ARTICLE  I 

The  major  purposes  of  this  compact  are  to  provide  for  the  equit- 
able division  and'  apportionment  of  the  use  of  the  waters  of  the  Colo- 
rado River  System;  to  establish  the  relative  importance  of  different 
beneficial  uses  of  water;  to  promote  interstate  comity;  to  remove 
causes  of  present  and  future  controversies;  and  to  secure  the  ex- 
peditious agricultural  and  industrial  development  of  the  Colorado 
River  Basin,  the  storage  of  its  water  and  the  protection  of  life  and 
property  from  floods.  To  these  ends  the  Colorado  River  Basin  is 
divided  into  two  Basins,  and  an  apportionment  of  the  use  of  part  of 
the  water  of  the  Colorado  River  System  is  made  to  each  of  them  with 
the  provision  that  further  equitable  apportionments  may  be  made. 


ARTICLE    II 

As  used  in  this  compact: — 

(a)  The   term   "Colorado   River    System"   means    that   portion   of 
the    Colorado   River   and   its   tributaries   within    the    United    States    of 
America. 

(b)  The  term  "Colorado  River  Basin"  means  all  of  the  drainage 
area  of  the  Colorado  River  System  and  all  other  territory  within  the 
United  States  of  America  to  which  the  waters,  of  the   Colorado  River 
System   shall  be  beneficially  applied. 

(c)  The  term  "States  of  the  Upper  Division"  means  the   States 
of   Colorado,  New  Mexico,   Utah   and   Wyoming. 

(d)  The  term  "States  of  the  Lower  Division"  means  the   States 
of   Arizona,   California   and   Nevada. 

(e)  The   term  "Lee   Ferry"   means   a   point   in   the  main   stream 
of  the  Colorado  River  one  mile  below  the  mouth  of  the  Paria  River. 

(f)  The  term  "Upper  Basin"  means  those  parts  of  the  States  of 
Arizona,  Colorado,  New  Mexico,  Utah  and  Wyoming  within  and  from 


which  waters  naturally  drain  into  the  Colorado  River  System  above 
Lee  Ferry,  and  also  all  parts  of  said  States  located  without  the  drain- 
age area  of  the  Colorado  River  System  which  -are  now  or  shall  here- 
after be  beneficially  served  by  waters  diverted  from  the  System  above 
Lee  Ferry. 

(g)  The  term  "Lower  Basin"  means  those  parts  of  the  States  of 
Arizona,  California,  Nevada,  New  Mexico  and  Utah  within  and  from 
which  waters  naturally  drain  into  the  Colorado  River  System  below 
Lee  Ferry,  and  also  all  parts  of  said  States  located  without  the  drain- 
age area  of  the  Colorado  River  System  which  are  now  or  shall  here- 
after be  beneficially  served  by  waters  diverted  from  the  System  be- 
low Lee  Ferry. 

(h)  The  term  "domestic  use"  shall  include  the  use  of  water  for 
household,  stock,  municipal,  mining,  milling,  industrial  and  other  like 
purposes,  but  shall  exclude  the  generation  of  electrical  power. 

ARTICLE    III 

(a)  There  is  hereby  apportioned  from  the   Colorado   River    Sys- 
tem in  perpetuity  to  the  Upper  Basin  and  the  Lower  Basin  respectively 
the    exclusive    beneficial    consumptive    use    of    7,500,000    acre    feet    of 
water   per   annum,   which    shall    include    all   water    necessary    for    the 
supply  of  any  rights  which  may  now  exist. 

(b)  In    addition    to    the    apportionment    in    paragraph     (a),    the 
Lower  Basin  is  hereby  given  the  right  to  increase  its  beneficial  con- 
sumptive use  of  such  waters  by  one  million  acre  feet  per  annum. 

(c)  If,  as   a  matter   of  international   comity,   the   United    States 
of  America  shall  hereafter  recognize  in  the   United   States   of  Mexico 
any   right  to   the   use   of   any   waters   of  the    Colorado    River    System, 
such  waters  shall  be  supplied  first  from  the  waters  which  are  surplus 
over  and  above  the  aggregate  of  the  quantities  specified  in  paragraphs 
(a)    and    (b) ;    and   if   such   surplus    shall   prove   insufficient   for   this 
purpose,  then,  the  burden  of  such  deficiency  shall  be  equally  borne  by 
the   Upper   Basin  and  the   Lower   Basin,  and  whenever   necessary  the 
States   of   the    Upper    Division    shall    deliver    at   Lee    Ferry    water   to 
supply  one-half  of  the  deficiency  so  recognized  in  addition  to  that  pro- 
vided in  paragraph    (d). 

(d)  The   States   of  the   Upper   Division  will   not   cause   the  flow 
of  the  river  at  Lee  Ferry  to  be  depleted  below  an  aggregate  of   75,- 
000,00'0  acre  feet  for  any  period  of  ten  consecutive  years  reckoned  in 
continuing  progressive  series  beginning  with  the  first  day  of  October 
next  succeeding  the  ratification  of  this  compact. 

(e)  The  States  of  the  Upper  Division  shall  not  withhold  water, 
and  the  States  of  the  Lower  Division  shall  not  require  the  delivery  of 
water,  which   cannot   reasonably   be   applied   to    domestic   and   agricul- 
tural uses; 

(f)  Further    equitable   apportionment   of   the   beneficial    uses    of 
the    waters    of    the    Colorado    River    System    unapportioned    by    para- 
graphs   (a),    (b)    and    (c)    may  be   made   in   the   manner   provided  in 
paragraph    (g)    at  any  time   after   October   first,   1963,   if   and   when 
either    Basin   shall  have   reached   its   total   beneficial   consumptive   use 
as  set  out  in  paragraphs   (a)  and  (b). 

(g)  In  the  event  of  a  desire  for  a  further  apportionment  as  pro- 
vided in  paragraph   (f)   any  two  signatory  States,  acting  through  their 


Governors,  may  give  joint  notice  of  such  desire  to  the  Governors  of 
the  other  signatory  States  and  to  the  President  of  the  United  States 
of  America,  and  it  shall  be  the  duty  of  the  Governors  of  the  signa- 
tory States  and  of  The  President  of  the  United  States  of  America 
forthwith  to  appoint  representatives,  whose  duty  it  shall  be  to  divide 
and  apportion  equitably  between  the  Upper  Basin  and  Lower  Basin 
the  beneficial  use  of  the  unapportioned  water  of  the  Colorado  River 
System  as  mentioned  in  paragraph  (f)  subject  to  the  legislative  rati- 
fication of  the  signatory  States  and  the  Congress  of  the  United  States 
of  America. 

ARTICLE   IV 

(a)  Inasmuch  as  the  Colorado  River  has  ceased  to  be  navigable 
for  commerce  and  the  reservation  of  its  waters  for  navigation  would 
seriously  limit  the  development  of  its  Basin,  the  use  of  its  waters  for 
purposes  of  navigation  shall  be  subservient  to  the  uses  of  such  water 
for  domestic,  agricultural  and  power  purposes.     If  the  Congress  shall 
not   consent  to   this   paragraph,   the   other   provisions  of  this   compact 
shall  nevertheless  remain  binding. 

(b)  Subject  to  the  provisions  of  this  compact,  water  of  the  Colo- 
rado River  System  may  be  impounded  and  used  for  the  generation  of 
electrical  power,  but  such  impounding  and  use  shall  be  subservient  to 
the  use  and  consumption  of  such  water  for  agricultural  and  domestic 
purposes  and  shall  not  interfere  with  or  prevent  use  for  such  domi- 
nant purposes. 

(c)  The  provisions  of  this  article  shall  not  apply  to  or  interfere 
with   the   regulation   and   control   by   any   State  within   its  boundaries 
of  the  appropriation,  use   and  distribution  of  water. 

ARTICLE  V 

The  chief  official  of  each  signatory  State  charged  with  the  ad- 
ministration of  water  rights,  together  with  the  Director  of  the  United 
States  Reclamation  Service  and  the  Director  of  the  United  States 
Geological  Survey  shall  cooperate,  ex-officio: 

(a)  To   promote  the   systematic   determination   and    co-ordination 
of  the  facts  as  to  flow,  appropriation,  consumption  and  use  of  water 
in  the  Colorado  River  Basin,  and  the   interchange  of  available   infor- 
mation in  such  matters. 

(b)  To  secure  the  ascertainment  and   publication   of  the   annual 
flow  of  the  Colorado  River  at  Lee  Ferry. 

(c)  To  perform  such  other  duties  as  may  be  assigned  by  mutual 
consent  of  the  signatories  from  time  to  time. 

ARTICLE  VI 

Should  any  claim  or  controversy  arise  between  any  two  or  more 
of  the  signatory  States:  (a)  with  respect  to  the  waters  of  the  Colo- 
rado River  System  not  covered  by  the  terms  of  this  compact;  (b)  over 
the  meaning  or  performance  of  any  of  the  terms  of  this  compact; 
(c)  as  to  the  allocation  of  the  burdens  incident  to  the  performance 
of  any  article  of  this  compact  of  the  delivery  of  waters  as  herein  pro- 
vided; (d)  as  to  the  construction  or  operation  of  works  within  the 
Colorado  River  Basin  to  be  situated  in  two  or  more  States,  or  to  be 


cnstructed  in  one  State  for  the  benefit  of  another  State;  or  (e)  as  to 
the  diversion  of  water  in  one  State  for  the  benefit  of  another  State; 
the  Governors  of  the  States  affected,  upon  the  request  of  one  of  them 
shall  forthwith  appoint  Commissioners  with  power  to  consider  and 
adjust  such  claim  or  controversy,  subject  to  ratification  by  the 
Legislatures  of  the  States  so  affected. 

Nothing  herein  contained  shall  prevent  the  adjustment  of  any 
such  claim  or  controversy  by  any  present  method  or  by  direct  future 
legislative  action  of  the  interested  States. 

ARTICLE   VII 

Nothing  in  this  compact  shall  be  construed  as  affecting  the  obli- 
gations of  the  United  States  of  America  to  Indian  tribes. 

ARTICLE  VIII 

Present  perfected  rights  to  the  beneficial  use  of  waters  of  the 
Colorado  River  System  are  unimpaired  by  this  compact.  Whenever 
storage  capacity  of  5,000,000  acre  feet  shall  haye  been  provided  on  the 
main  Colorado  River  within  or  for  the  benefit  of  the  Lower  Basin, 
then  claims  of  such  rights,  if  any,  by  appropriators  or  users  of  water 
in  the  Lower  Basin  against  appropriators  or  users  of  water  in  th$ 
Upper  Basin^  shall  attach  to  and  be  satisfied  from  water  that  may  be 
stored  not  in  conflict  with  Article  III. 

All  other  rights  to  beneficial  use  of  waters  of  the  Colorado  River 
System  shall  be  satisfied  solely  from  the  water  apportioned  to  that 
Basin  in  which  they  are  situate. 

ARTICLE  IX 

Nothing  in  this  compact  shall  be  construed  to  limit  or  prevent 
any  State  from  instituting  or  maintaining  any  action  or  proceeding, 
legal  or  equitable,  for  the  protection  of  any  right  under  this  compact 
or  the  enforcement  of  any  of  its  provisions. 

ARTICLE   X 

This  compact  may  be  terminated  at  any  time  by  the  unanimous 
agreement  of  the  signatory  States.  In  the  event  of  such  termination 
all  rights  established  under  it  shall  continue  unimpaired. 

ARTICLE  XI 

This  compact  shall  become  binding  and  obligatory  when  it  shall 
have  been  approved  by  the  Legislatures  of  each  of  the  signatory  States 
and  by  the  Congress  of  the  United  States.  Notice  of  approval  by  the 
Legislatures  shall  be  given  by  the  Governor  of  each  signatory  State, 
to  the  Governors  of  the  other  signatory  States  and  to  the  President 
of  the  United  States,  and  the  President  of  the  United  States  is  re- 
quested to  give  notice  to  the  Governors  of  the  signatory  States  of  ap- 
proval by  the  Congress  of  the  United  States. 

IN  WITNESS  WHEREOF,  The  Commissioners  have  signed  this 
compact  in  a  single  original,  which  shall  be  deposited  in  the  archives 
of  the  Department  of  State  of  the  United  States  of  America  and  of 
which  a  duly  certified  copy  shall  be  forwarded  to  the  Governor  of 
each  of  the  signatory  States. 


DONE  at  the  City  of  Santa  Fe,  New  Mexico,  this  twenty-fourth 
day  of  November,  A.  D.  One  Thousand  Nine  Hundred  and  Twenty-two. 

(Signed)  W.    S.    Norviel 

(Signed)  W.    F.    McClure 

(Signed)  Delph   E.   Carpenter 

(Signed)  J.    G.    Scrugham 

(Signed)  Stephen    B.    Davis,    Jr. 

(Signed)  R.    E.    Caldwell 

(Signed)  Frank    C.    Emerson 

APPROVED: 

(Signed) Herbert  Hoover. 


Mockton,  uaiii. 

PAT.  JAN  21,  1908 


